Historians often say that some events could only have gone one way, and others are just freak chance. World War 1 is usually given as the example of something that was inevitable. Some pivotal battle or another for the freak chance.
I could buy that jingoistic shooter games were inevitable in post 9/11 USA. Or at least that multiple studios would've had to have had freak accidents and lost their games just before launch, to change it.
Historians often say that some events could only have gone one way, and others are just freak chance. World War 1 is usually given as the example of something that was inevitable. Some pivotal battle or another for the freak chance.
I could buy that jingoistic shooter games were inevitable in post 9/11 USA. Or at least that multiple studios would've had to have had freak accidents and lost their games just before launch, to change it.
That's a fair argument to me.
I could at least settle for some delay to the flaghumping acceleration.